Booming, frenetic, and highly energetic eruptions characterize the Rant series, created by choreographer Ralph Lemon and multimedia artist Kevin Beasley. Collaborators for more than a decade, the artists bring the moving image installation Rant redux (2020–2024) to the Walker for its premiere. This hypnotic and percussive work features footage from a live performance of rave-like movement, set to a sound mix by Beasley and accompanied by Lemon shouting excerpts of texts by Fred Moten, Angela Davis, Kathy Acker, Saidiya Hartman, and himself.
Marking a decade since the Walker commissioned Lemon’s influential interdisciplinary work Scaffold Room, this exhibition is presented in tandem with the premiere of the performance Tell it anyway, 2024 on October 4–5, 2024, in the Walker’s McGuire Theater.
Accessibility, Content, and Sensory Notes
Content note: This exhibition contains mature themes.
Sensory note: This presentation includes flashing visual effects; unexpected sounds; and changes in volume, pitch, and tone. Earplugs will be available to help dampen the loud sounds.
For information about accessibility or to request additional accommodations for this program, call 612-375-7564 or email access@walkerart.org. [link to access@walkerart.org]
For more information about accessibility at the Walker, visit our Access page.
Curatorial Team
Pavel Pyś, Curator of Visual Arts and Collections Strategy, and Philip Bither, McGuire Director and Senior Curator, Performing Arts; with Doug Benidt, Associate Curator, Performing Arts
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